# Snap Creek Loadout

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608918
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Logan, WV
- **Operator:** Coal-Mac LLC
- **Controller:** John Mitch Potter
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,076
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John Mitch Potter (0144441) → Coal-Mac LLC (P20596) → Snap Creek Loadout (4608918)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **International Industries Inc → Snap Creek Mining LLC:** 2001-09-01 through 2007-07-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608918; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Resources LLC → Snap Creek Mining LLC:** 2007-07-20 through 2011-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608918; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Snap Creek Mining LLC:** 2011-04-18 through 2014-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608918; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Snap Creek Mining LLC:** 2014-09-01 through 2018-11-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608918; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John Mitch Potter → Condor Holdings LLC:** 2018-11-19 through 2021-11-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608918; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Snap Creek Mining LLC:** 2020-06-01 through 2018-11-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608918; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John Mitch Potter → Coal-Mac LLC:** 2021-11-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608918; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashland Inc et al → Coal-Mac LLC:** 2021-11-02 through 1997-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608918; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Coal-Mac LLC:** 2021-11-02 through 2019-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608918; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 22
- Interval anomalies: 3
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 100 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 64 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 173 violation rows across the full record; 46 carry an S&S flag and $34,225 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 166 samples:** Occupational health samples 117 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 48 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 41 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 17 contested-violation rows, 17 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 16 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 14 since 2021:** Inspections 71 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 12,300
- **Average employees:** 6
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 45.4 — Independent contractor register.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-45/section-45.4
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.701 — Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-H/section-77.701
- **30 CFR 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200
- **30 CFR 48.26 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2002-06-19 through 2024-09-24; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-07-08 through 2025-07-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 171 rows; 2002-04-24 through 2026-05-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 17 rows; 2007-10-11 through 2025-02-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 117 rows; 2002-08-28 through 2025-05-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 7 rows; 2007-08-09 through 2017-02-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 17 rows; 2007-01-24 through 2024-11-04; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,025 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 222 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 2001-09-01 through 2021-11-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 71 rows; 2002-02-07 through 2026-05-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 162 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 31 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 48 rows; 2003-03-25 through 2024-11-04; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2015-01-06 through 2015-01-06; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 173 rows; 2002-04-24 through 2026-05-07; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/snap-creek-loadout-4608918`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/snap-creek-loadout-4608918`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608918/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608918/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608918/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`